Category: Indigenous Government Council
By: R. Aída Hernández Castillo* On February 19 the time period for registration of independent candidates to the Presidency of the Republic ended. Only three “independent” candidates attained registration, all three with daily expenses equal or greater than those of…
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By: Blanche Petrich María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, Marichuy, who aspires to an independent candidacy to the Presidency, and five council women from different ethnicities on the Indigenous Government Council-National Indigenous Congress recognized that if at the end of the…
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By: Antonio Heras and Raymundo León Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BCS) One of the three vehicles on the caravan of María de Jesús Patricio, spokesperson for the Indigenous Government Council (CIG, its initials in Spanish) and an aspirant to…
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By: Luis Hernández Navarro We didn’t bring you caps, T-shirts, umbrellas, sandwiches or food supplies, María de Jesús Patricio says in some of the meetings on the tour she leads. What we bring is the word that they sent us…
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By: Gilberto López y Rivas Last January 1 one more anniversary was completed of the uprising of the Zapatista Mayas by which the existence of an insurgent group in the majority composed of Indigenous was made public, and which based…
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By: Magdalena Gómez The General Command of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional) issued a message last January 1; I will emphasize some aspects of it. It repeats and bases the call to organization from below,…
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Update: We have just received word that Myrna Dolores cannot accompany Mario Luna on this trip due to some unforeseen conditions in Mexico. Therefore, Mario Luna will speak on behalf of the CNI-CIG at our Wednesday welcoming gathering in Oakland.
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¡SPECIAL OAKLAND GATHERING with MEMBERS of the CIG! WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2018 – 7-10 PM OMNI COMMONS 4799 SHATTUCK AVE., OAKLAND Mario Luna Romero and Myrna Dolores, members of the Indigenous Government Council, will be at the Omni Commons. Mario…
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By: Isaín Mandujano OVENTIK, Chis. (proceso.com.mx) Bases of support and members of the Good Government Juntas of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) celebrated the 24th anniversary of their armed uprising last night, during which…
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By: Fernando A. Torres / La Opinión de la Bahía December 7, 2017 In a meeting catalogued as an “extraordinary” opportunity, residents of the city of Oakland had the opportunity to learn –in the voice of some of their own…
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